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Displaying Roofs

Displaying Roofs

Roof planes are drawn on the “Roof pairs associated with them, so you can create
Planes” layer by default, although you custom labels using Text Macros. See “Text
can place a roof plane on any layer. See Macros” on page 522.
“Line Style Panel” on page 815.
Manually drawn Ceiling Planes a n d
You can also choose to display gutters, gable
lines, the overhang area, Roof Baseline Skylights can also display labels when
Polylines, roof labels, frieze molding, ridge the “Roofs, Labels” layer is on. Unlike roof
caps, shadow boards, valley truss bases and planes, these objects’ do not include a slope
roof openings. See “Layer Display Options indicator and their Automatic Labels are
Dialog” on page 190. blank; however, you can specify a custom
label using text in their specification dialogs.
If the “Roof Planes” layer is turned off and See “Ceiling Planes” on page 811 and
Auto Rebuld Roofs feature is turned on, “Skylights and Roof Holes” on page 819.
changes made to the plan that cause the roof
to rebuild will not automatically turn on the When a roof plane, ceiling plane or roof
display of the roof planes. See “Rebuilding hole/skylight is selected in a 3D view, its
Roofs” on page 779. label will display on a temporary basis if the
“Roofs, Labels” layer is turned on.
The appearance of curved roof planes in 3D
views can be controlled by adjusting the Display on Floor Above/Below
Facet Angle in the Roof Plane
Specification dialog. See “General Panel” In floor plan view, roof planes
on page 799. can display on any floor without
affecting their height in 3D.
Roof Plane Labels To move the display of a roof plane to a new

Roof plane labels indicating the pitch and floor, select it in floor plan view and click
slope direction are located on the “Roofs, either the Display on Floor Above or
Labels” layer and can be set to display in Display on Floor Below edit button. The
floor plan and cross section/elevation views. display of group-selected roof planes can
also be controlled in this manner.
You can specify whether roof plane labels
display the pitch in terms of rise and run or in Any skylights or roof holes placed in a roof
decimal degrees by checking or unchecking plane moved in this manner will move, as
Pitch in Degrees in the Roof Plane well. Other associated objects like Auto
Specification dialog. See “General Panel” Dormers or gutters will not move, however.
on page 799.
In Cross Section Views
A roof plane’s label can be customized in its
specification dialog. See “Label Panel” on When a roof or ceiling plane is viewed in a
page 682. Roof planes have named value cross section, the layers that compose it can

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